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#£$=*«:¨¨¨ lot  of us have antennas  on  our houses ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
##£$=*«:¨¨ or  balconies,  we  have   built   large ¨¨:«*=$£##
###£$=*«:¨ antennas  for larger  bandwith, we  have ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨     build specialized antennaes for      ¨¨:«*=$£##
#£$=*«:¨¨¨   specific wavelengths (and sent them    ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
##£$=*«:¨¨ into orbit),  we've built large as  fuck ¨¨:«*=$£##
###£$=*«:¨              antenna arrays              ¨:«*=$£###
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#£$=*«:¨¨¨          dish as large as earth.         ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
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###£$=*«:¨ we've learned about our position in  the ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨     solar system, our solar systems      ¨¨:«*=$£##
#£$=*«:¨¨¨ placement   in   the  galaxy,   and  our ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
##£$=*«:¨¨ galaxys placement in the local  cluster, ¨¨:«*=$£##
###£$=*«:¨ and «our«  local  clusters place  in the ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨          grand scheme of things          ¨¨:«*=$£##
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##£$=*«:¨¨ and  we're  moving  around  the  sun  at ¨¨:«*=$£##
###£$=*«:¨ velocity and the  suns moving around the ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨ center  of the  galaxy  at  velocity and ¨¨:«*=$£##
#£$=*«:¨¨¨ the  galaxy  is moving  toward andromeda ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
##£$=*«:¨¨    and we're both moving anticlockwise   ¨¨:«*=$£##
###£$=*«:¨ around the galaxy. and  we  as a species ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨ have learned to take all that in account ¨¨:«*=$£##
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###£$=*«:¨   (cliche) beaming of fucking stellar    ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨ radio  programmes out  in fucking  space ¨¨:«*=$£##
#£$=*«:¨¨¨ at the  speed  of  light  (light is  our ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
##£$=*«:¨¨  medium! goodspeed you, black emperor!), ¨¨:«*=$£##
###£$=*«:¨      despite ghosts helping and the      ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨     collective consciousness lowpass     ¨¨:«*=$£##
#£$=*«:¨¨¨   filtering, despite our very obvious    ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
##£$=*«:¨¨ beaming  of all  our  secrets  in  every ¨¨:«*=$£##
###£$=*«:¨          direction known to us,          ¨:«*=$£###
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#£$=*«:¨¨¨ no   ¨    one   ¨    has   ¨    answered ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
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#£$=*«:¨¨¨ most  opponents  to intelligent  life in ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
##£$=*«:¨¨ the universe say it's  because  you need ¨¨:«*=$£##
###£$=*«:¨ a  class one-or-the-other  star  and the ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨ planet  needs  to  be  at  a  see-and-so ¨¨:«*=$£##
#£$=*«:¨¨¨ distance away  from the star (like there ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
##£$=*«:¨¨           has to be a planet!)           ¨¨:«*=$£##
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##£$=*«:¨¨ but   really  isn't  that  keeping   the ¨¨:«*=$£##
#£$=*«:¨¨¨      definition of life really lax?      ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
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###£$=*«:¨ i think everyone agrees that  we have no ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨ idea what we're  doing (and  it probably ¨¨:«*=$£##
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###£$=*«:¨ i'm gonna go  smoke my  third  cigarette ¨:«*=$£###
##£$=*«:¨¨ this year  and try to snatch some  beers ¨¨:«*=$£##
#£$=*«:¨¨¨         from the local beer thing        ¨¨¨:«*=$£#
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